“Bounce it, sleep on it, listen again tomorrow.”
Booking & touring · Updated
Back On Stage handles advancing and tour logistics for artists and crews. Aden is a workspace for artists, managers and labels. Both have tours and events, as well as desktop and mobile apps. Aden also has team and roster management, song and file storage, demo review and feedback, release planning, a fan and contact CRM, streaming analytics, an artist website and smart links, email campaigns, and real-time collaboration, which Back On Stage doesn't list.
| Feature | Aden | Back On Stage |
|---|---|---|
| Team & roster management | Included | Not included |
| Song & file storage | Included | Not included |
| Demo review & feedback | Included | Not included |
| Release planning | Included | Not included |
| Tours & events | Included | Included |
| Fan & contact CRM | Included | Not included |
| Streaming analytics | Included | Not included |
| Artist website & smart links | Included | Not included |
| Email campaigns | Included | Not included |
| Music distribution | Coming soon | Not included |
| Mastering / production tools | Coming soon | Not included |
| Web, desktop & mobile | Included | Included |
| Real-time collaboration | Included | Not included |
| Pricing model | Free plan + paid tiers | Subscription |
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Pin Back On Stage as a tab in the Aden desktop app. It keeps its sign-in and opens beside your Aden workspace, up to five side by side.
Get the desktop appConnect Aden to Claude or ChatGPT with the Aden MCP. Your assistant reads and updates Aden next to the other apps it is connected to.
Connect the Aden MCPPeople
Teams, members, and the business that holds them
Events and tours
Events and tours
Contacts and deals
Contacts and opportunities
Money
Financial entries
Both have tours and events, as well as desktop and mobile apps. Aden also has team and roster management, song and file storage, demo review and feedback, release planning, a fan and contact CRM, streaming analytics, an artist website and smart links, email campaigns, and real-time collaboration, which Back On Stage doesn't list.
Compared with Back On Stage, Aden fits if you need team and roster management, song and file storage, demo review and feedback, release planning, a fan and contact CRM, streaming analytics, an artist website and smart links, email campaigns, and real-time collaboration next to tours and events, as well as desktop and mobile apps: it has all of these in one workspace.
Yes. Pin Back On Stage as a tab in the Aden desktop app: it keeps its sign-in and opens next to your Aden workspace. Connect Aden to Claude or ChatGPT with the Aden MCP, and your assistant works across Aden and the other apps it is connected to.
Bring people, events and tours, contacts and deals, and money over from Back On Stage, in that order. The guide is at aden.space/migrate, and an AI agent can run the move from the brief at aden.space/migrate.md.
Aden has a free plan, and paid plans from €5 a month. Back On Stage's pricing, as listed in this comparison: Subscription.
Besides Aden, this comparison covers Gigwell, Prism, and SystemOne as alternatives to Back On Stage for booking and touring.